# Musical Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 29, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587 "2013-10-29T20:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/221 "2013-12-04T20:43:29Z")
Correct on mine…only remaining one: 1. Where will you be when I live to 97 years old? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/222 "2013-12-04T21:23:06Z")
1. Still waitin’ in refrigerator heaven? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/223 "2013-12-05T20:48:54Z")
1. What did it only take to blow you away? 2. Who was it that called me from Memphis? 3. Who is NOT a human being? 4. What do memories bring (we both know!)? 5. What’s it hard not to agree about? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/224 "2013-12-05T20:50:55Z")
1. Marie (she’s the only one who’d call me here from Memphis, Tennessee) 2. Diamonds and Rust ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/225 "2013-12-05T20:52:14Z")
1. My little fingers ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/226 "2013-12-05T21:26:27Z")
OK so far! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/227 "2013-12-05T21:29:35Z")
1. that your schooling’s phony? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/228 "2013-12-05T23:06:26Z")
All correct. I need to make these harder. all that’s left is: 143) Who is NOT a human being? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/229 "2013-12-06T08:36:40Z")
1. The Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/230 "2013-12-06T08:48:37Z")
1. Why can’t I hit you with a stick? 2. What’s the least that you can do? 3. What happens next July? 4. What would I do to get to one bad man’s asshole? 150 After falling in love with the world, what was the only thing left for me to do? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/231 "2013-12-06T14:59:41Z")
1. We collide with Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/232 "2013-12-06T16:50:51Z")
1. Ding-a-ding-dang my dang-a-long ling-long. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/233 "2013-12-06T17:13:52Z")
1. What happened to Jerry after a few too many cold beers? 2. If a bottle of booze cost 10 cents, how much could I afford? 3. If I focus hard enough on the sunset, what happens before sunrise? 4. What satisfies a king? 5. Where did I learn the tricks I use to protect the growing operation in the holler? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/234 "2013-12-06T18:47:30Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > 1. Where did I learn the tricks I use to protect the growing operation in the holler? from Charlie don’t you know ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/235 "2013-12-06T19:07:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. We collide with Mars. > [@](#): > > Enginerd 150. Ding-a-ding-dang my dang-a-long ling-long. Correctamundo. 1. My love will laugh with me 2. Nothing but ruling everything ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/236 "2013-12-06T19:28:18Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > 1. What satisfies a king? > [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > 1. Nothing but ruling everything I thought it was owning everything (because a king ain’t satisfied till he owns everything). ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/237 "2013-12-07T01:27:53Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > from Charlie don’t you know > [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > 1. My love will laugh with me > > 2. Nothing but ruling everything All right. > [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > I thought it was owning everything (because a king ain’t satisfied till he owns everything). **Johnny Q** had it right. Lyrics from “[the Official Bruce Springsteen website](http://brucespringsteen.net/songs/badlands)”: > [@](#): > > Poor man wanna be rich > Rich man wanna be king > And a king ain’t satisfied > Till he rules everything Still remaining: 151. What happened to Jerry after a few too many cold beers? 152. If a bottle of booze cost 10 cents, how much could I afford? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/238 "2013-12-07T11:35:03Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > All right. > **Johnny Q** had it right. I sit corrected. I had that one wrong for a lot of years. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/239 "2013-12-10T13:48:57Z")
1. He wrapped himself around a telephone pole. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587/240 "2013-12-10T18:25:10Z")
Correct - all the more impressive because the question was based on a combination of misheard and misremembered lyrics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587.md?page=13)